BIRD NOTES. i:^ 



Stockwell). viii., 17, 368— Found near Washington, D. €.—(11. V. 



Boiseau). xi., B. 47 -Abundant at Pcotone, 111.; bnseds — D. 11. 

 ' Eaton, xii., (). 105 — Veiy common in Nova Scotia; build in large 



colonies under the eaves of our public buildings — J. Matthew Jones. 



xii., 17, 825 — Abundant; breeding ou the face of cliifs near Conio, 



Wyoming — S. W. Williston. 

 Pewee Flycatcher. See Sayomis fuseus. 

 Ppivee. Sliort'leg'g'ed, See Contopus mrens richardsonii. 

 Pewec. We*<tei u Wood, See Oontopua vi'rens richardsonii. 

 Peij'ce. Wood, See Cvntopus virens. 

 Phalaropus fulica^ius. Red Phalarope. i., 4, 59 — Short account of 



habits by Editors, ii., 12, 179 — Found in the Bay of Fundy in the 



fall— J. H. Batty, viii., 23, 361— Found in Michigan— " Ai'cher" (G. 



A. Stockwell). 



Phalarope. Northern, See Lohipes hyperboreua. 



Phalaroi>e. Ked, See Phalaropus fuVcarius. 



Phalarope. Wilson's, See Steganopus wilsoni. 



Philohela minor. Woodcock, i., 1, 13— Account of habits, etc., by the 

 Editors, i., 7, 106 — Are abundant in Smyth Co., Va. — Editors, i., 

 13, 204— Not very abundant in Florida— Editors, i., 14, 221— Very, 

 abundant in Bryan, Liberty and Mcintosh Counties, Ga. — Editors, i., 



15, 284— Are plenty Nov. 8, 1873, at Portland, Me. i., 15, 235— 

 Common at Lake Mills, Iowa — John Krider. i., 16, 247 — Migrated 

 South from Orange Co., N. Y., about Oct. 35, 1873; have seen them 

 as late as Christmas in open seasons — (Answer to correspondent), i., 



16, 351 — Describing Woodcock "boring," in which it is claimed that 

 the birds bore the holes and wait for worms to come to the top, and 

 that they do not find them when "boring." i., 17, 359 — Common 

 near Parsboro, Nova Scotia — A. B. Lambertou. i., 30,315 — Found 

 in Yates County, New York, i., 33, 357— J. T. Wilson has a milk 

 white specimen, shot at Milton, Mass. i., 24, 871 — "Homo" de- 

 scribes an autumn hunt for AVoodcock m Penn. i., 35, 395 — One 

 flushed near West Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 33, 1874. ii., 1, 3— 

 Found at Humboldt Bay, California — "Monmouth" (Aug. K. Eg- 

 bert), ii., 3, 33 — Found a brood hatched on May 8, at Springfield, Ma.ss, 

 — "Adderbank. " ii. , 5,75 — One killed at Montgomery, Ala. , last of Feb. , 

 that was setting on eggs that were nearly hatched — T. S. D. ii., 6, 

 86 — Moult in August, when they take to the cornfields — "Homo" 

 (Chas. S. Westcott). ii., 9, 135— Found in Texas, ii., 13, 179— A 

 few are found on the Island of Grand Menan — J. H. Batty, ii., 15, 

 233 — Not known to have occurred in Newfoundland — Alex. Murray, 

 ii., 15, 335 — Letter to Editors against midsummer shooting, as the 

 first layings were destroyed owing'to the bad spring (1874) — "Homo" 

 (Chas. S. Westcott). ii., 16, 843^Abundant in Northern Louisiana, 

 where they are shot at night by torch-light, when, not attempting to 

 fly they sire slaughteredT ii., 16, 343— Common at Beaver River, 

 Adirondacks, May 6— P. H. A. ii., 23. 358— Account of a shoot in 

 New Jersey— Horace Smith, ii., 23, 858— Found near Stonington, 

 Conn.— "A Reader." ii., 23, 358— Found near Portland. Maine— F.W. 

 S. ii., 34, 374— Found near St. Paul, Minn, ii., 35, 394— Owing 

 to the late and hard spring only few birds raised their first broods 

 this year (1874), therefore the Editors do not believe in July shooting. 

 ii., 35, 394— Found ou the hillsides in July at Great Barrington, 

 Mass. — C. H. Sage, ii., 36, 403 — Does not breed near Corinth, Miss., 

 and stops but a short time in the marshes in spring — "Guy on" (Col. 

 Rawlings Young), ii., 86, 410 — Are scarce near Salem, Mass., Aug. 

 1, 1874— R. L. 'Newcomb. ii., 86, 410— Are exceedinglv scarce at 

 Montello, Wis.. July 30, 1874— "Fred Pond." ii., 36, 410— Found 

 along the river bottoms near Minneapolis, Minn., July 31, 1874 — 



